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[Prevention of congenital toxoplasmosis in a Buenos Aires hospital].
[congenital toxoplasmosis]
The
prevention
of
congenital
toxoplasmosis
is
based
on
providing
information
to
women
,
serologic
diagnosis
and
treatment
of
the
infected
mother
and
child
.
In
this
article
we
present
the
results
of
12
years
of
implementation
of
a
congenital
toxoplasmosis
prevention
program
in
which
we
measured
the
mother
's
infection
incidence
rate
,
the
transmission
rate
and
the
number
and
severity
of
infection
in
newborns
.
The
study
was
performed
on
1
2035
pregnant
women
in
the
period
2000
-
2011
.
The
prevalence
rate
of
antibodies
against
Toxoplasma
gondii
was
18
.
33
%
(
2206
/
1
2035
)
.
Thirty
-
seven
out
of
9792
susceptible
women
presented
acute
infection
and
the
mother
's
infection
incidence
rate
was
3
.
78
per
1000
births
.
The
transplacental
transmission
rate
was
5
.
4
%
(
2
/
37
)
.
Two
newborns
presented
congenital
toxoplasmosis
infection
,
one
had
no
clinical
signs
while
the
other
presented
strabismus
and
chorioretinitis
.
Thirty
-
five
infected
mothers
and
the
two
children
with
congenital
infection
were
treated
.
The
transmission
rates
obtained
allow
consider
this
prevention
program
as
a
valid
resource
to
minimize
the
impact
of
congenital
toxoplasmosis
.
